单词 | oraculize |
释义 | † oraculizev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make into an oracle; to render, or hold as, oracular; to state in an oracular way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > utter as an oracle [verb (transitive)] > make an oracle of oraculize1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 62v That of Terence is oraculiz'd, Patres æquum censere nos adolescentulos, [etc.]. 1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Nov. 485 ‘Two heads are better than one,’ oraculizes the vulgar saw. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > self-appointed oraculizer1634 oraculist1652 oracle-monger1673 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 169 But he that sits on high..in foure and twenty houres after proued this great Oraculizer a compleat lier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1593 |
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